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Split a bill
Divide the check by the number of people. Tax can be added, and no tip is included. Use the tip calculator only where a tip is actually expected.
Results
- Total to split
- $93.31
- Tax
- $7.31
- Each person, before remainder
- $31.10
- People who pay one extra unit
- 1
How to use this page
- Replace the sample numbers with your own. Nothing is sent to a server.
- Read the result. It changes as you type.
- Open the formula if you want to recompute the result by hand.
- Copy the result if you want to keep it. The numbers you type stay in this browser and are not added to the address.
Formula
Tax = bill × tax rate ÷ 100. Total = bill + tax. Each person pays the total divided by the headcount, rounded down to the currency unit. If a few units remain, that many people pay one unit more. A check: 100 plus 10% tax is 110. Three people pay 36.66, and two of them pay one extra cent.
This page does not add a tip
Korea and Japan generally do not add a tip on top of the bill. A service charge, when it exists, is already on the receipt. This calculator only adds the tax rate you type and splits that total.
If you are in a place where people tip, use the separate tip calculator. Putting a tip on this page would invent a charge the table did not agree to.
Why the shares can differ by one unit
110 divided by 3 is not a round number of cents. Two people pay 36.67 and one pays 36.66, so the three shares still equal 110. The page tells you how many people pay the extra unit. It does not choose who.
One tax rate applies to the whole bill. If some items are taxed at a different rate, split those items first or adjust the rate until the tax line matches the receipt.
Easy mistakes
- Adding a tip here and also using the tip calculator.
- Splitting a bill that already includes tax, then adding the same tax again.
- Reading the per-person figure as the higher share when a remainder is shown. It is the lower share.
Questions
Where is the tip?
It is a separate calculator. This page is only the bill and the tax.
What if one person ordered more?
This split is even. Calculate that person's items as a separate bill, or agree the difference outside the formula.
What if the bill is already tax-inclusive?
Set the tax rate to 0. Use the sales-tax page first if you need to see the tax that is already inside the total.
Related tools
These figures are estimates you can recompute from the formula on the page. They are not a lender quote, a tax bill, a payroll statement, or financial advice.